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The origin is unknown. It may have come from the French word Ouragan (which means Hurricane) and was a former name of the Columbia River. It is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer.
Oregon's official state flag was adopted in 1925. It is the only US state flag that still has a design on both sides. Both sides of the flag have a deep blue background and yellow designs. The reverse of the flag pictures a beaver (Oregon's state animal). The front of thg flag features the words "STATE OF OREGON" and the year "1859," the year Oregon became a state. Between these is a heart-shaped seal that pictures a landscape with mountains, trees, elk, a covered wagon, and a British warship leaving and an American steamship arriving. The ships symbolize the transfer of the Oregon Territory from the British to the US in 1846, when President James K. Polk signed a treaty with England giving this territory to the United States. The covered wagon represents the early Oregon pioneers who traveled on the Oregon Trail to settle in Oregon.
10 Largest cities in Oregon (2003): Portland, 538,544; Salem, 142,914; Eugene, 142,185; Gresham, 95,816; Beaverton, 80,520; Hillsboro, 77,709; Medford, 66,638; Bend, 59,779; Springfield, 54,773; Corvallis, 50,126
Number of counties in Oregon : 58
Largest county in Oregon by population: Multnomah, 672,161 (2004)
Largest county in Oregon by area: Harney, 10,135 sq mi.
Oregon State Parks & Beaches: 231 (95,462 ac.)
Oregon Land Area: 98,380 sq mi. (254,805 sq km) (9th)
Oregon Geographic Center: In Crook Co., 25 mi. SSE of Prineville
Oregon Population: (2004 est) 3,594,586 (#28)
Spanish and English sailors are believed to have sighted the Oregon coast in the 1500s and 1600s. Capt. James Cook, seeking the Northwest Passage, charted some of the coastline in 1778. In 1792, Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, discovered the river named after his ship and claimed the area for the U.S.
In 1805 the Lewis and Clark expedition explored the area. John Jacob
Astor's fur depot, Astoria, was founded in 1811. Disputes for control of
Oregon between American settlers and the Hudson Bay Company were finally
resolved in the 1846 Oregon Treaty, in which Great Britain gave up
claims to the region.
Oregon Agriculture: Peppermint, cover seed crops, blackberries, boysenberries, loganberries, black raspberries, hazelnuts, hops, red raspberries, prunes, snap beans, and onions.
Oregon Industry: With the low-cost electric power provided by dams, Oregon has developed steadily as a manufacturing state. Lumber and plywood, wood products, metalwork, machinery, aluminum, chemicals, paper, food packing, and electronic equipment. Oregon's salmon-fishing industry is one of the world's largest.
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